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Does anyone else feel like I do? I am 2 weeks PP, I smell all of the time, even if I just showered. All I smell is BO and blood, my skin is crawling and itchy. I'm restless and grumpy. I want to go do something to get out of the house but the baby is too small and gets overheated very easily. It's too hot in this Texas summer.

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You are not alone!  I felt the exact same way early on!  I always smelled terrible and I bled for 5 LONG weeks and had a lot of discharge also.  I can promise you it gets SO much better!  I'm almost 8 weeks PP and starting to feel like a normal person again.  No bleeding, I finally smell good again and I'm getting more rest as baby is sleeping 6-7 hours at night.  Unfortunately you just have to coast through those first few weeks.  They seem like a haze when I look back now.

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My son is 2 1/2 months. I didn't leave the house for almost 4 weeks. I slumped around in shorts, and a sports bra. I didn't even go outside to get the mail.. I showered maybe every 3 days because i was more worried about my son. Ibthink it's normal to not feel like you're in your own skin. It just takes a while to re-adjust.

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Yes lol ! My exact feelings. I do take my daughter out though. I'd become depressed if I didn't. I go to my moms , and to Walmart... Can't wait for cooler weather really wanting to get out for walks.

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Yup . I remember when I had my second, I felt stinky all the time and no matter how much I showered, it didn't seem to help. I smelled like rotting flesh! But, it's normal and your body is still healing. I was torn down there pretty badly and that's why I felt like I smelled bad all the time. My fiancé told me he couldn't smell anything though. It's tough. But I had my daughter during a Canadian winter so I didn't want to leave the house - just because it was -30C most of the time and I hated bundling us all up just to go to the car.

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